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P4ELA
Micro ATX motherboard
User’s Manual
Edition: 1.0
2009/07/28
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Copyright
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Packing List
Please check package component before you use our products.
Hardware:
P4ELA Micro ATX motherboard x 1
Cable Kit:
SATA Cable x 2
Floppy flat cable x 1
DB25 & DB9 cable x 1
RAID drivers Disc for Windows XP
I/O Shield x 1
Other Accessories:
Divers CD (including User’s Manual) x 1
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Index
Chapter1 <Introduction>
1.1 <Product Overview> .............................................................................................7
1.2 <Product Specification>........................................................................................8
1.3 <Block Diagram> ................................................................................................10
1.4 <Mechanical Drawing > ......................................................................................11
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Chapter 2 <Hardware Setup>.................................................12
2.1 <Connector Location>......................................................................................... 12
2.2 <Component Placement>...................................................................................13
2.3 <Jumper Reference>..........................................................................................14
2.4 <Connector Reference>......................................................................................15
2.4.1 <Internal Connectors> ..............................................................15
2.4.2 <External Connectors> .............................................................15
2.5 <CPU and Memory Setup>.................................................................................16
2.5.1 <CPU installation>...................................................................16
2.5.2 <Memory installation>..............................................................17
2.6 <CMOS Setup>...................................................................................................19
2.7 <Serial ATA installation>......................................................................................20
2.8 <Floppy Installation>...........................................................................................21
2.9 <LAN installation>...............................................................................................22
2.10 <Onboard Display Interface>............................................................................23
2.10.1 <Analog Display>..................................................................23
2.11 <Audio Installation>...........................................................................................24
2.12 <GPIO and SMBUS interface> .........................................................................26
2.13 <USB Installation>............................................................................................27
2.14 <Power and Fan Installation> ...........................................................................29
2.15 <Serial Port>.....................................................................................................31
2.16 <Switch and Indicator> .....................................................................................34
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Chapter 3 <System Configuration>.......................................36
3.1 <SATA configuration>..........................................................................................36
3.2 <SATA RAID Configuration> ...............................................................................37
3.3 <Audio Configuration> ........................................................................................41
3.4 <Video Memory Setup>......................................................................................42
3.5 <Display Properties Setting>...............................................................................44
Chapter 4 <BIOS Setup>.........................................................46
Appendix A <I/O Port Pin Assignment>................................48
A.1 <Serial ATA Port>................................................................................................48
A.2<Floppy Port>......................................................................................................48
A.3 <IrDA Port>.........................................................................................................49
A.5 <VGA Port>........................................................................................................50
A.6 <LAN Port>.........................................................................................................50
Appedix B <System Resources>...........................................51
B.1 <I/O Port Address Map>.....................................................................................51
B.2 <Memory Address Map> ....................................................................................53
B.3 <System IRQ Resources>..................................................................................54
Appedix C <Flash BIOS>.........................................................55
C.1 <BIOS Auto Flash Tool>................................................................................55
C.2 <Flash Method>..............................................................................................55
Appendix D <Programming GPIO’s>....................................56
Appendix E <Watch Dog timer Setting >..............................57
Contact Information...................................................................58
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Chapter1 <Introduction>
1.1 <Product Overview>
P4ELA is the motherboard with last Intel desktop technology with Micro ATX form factor.
Based on Intel® Q45 and ICH10DO, the board integrates a new Core 2 Quad / Core 2 Duo
Celeron processor 775-pin socket, DDR3 memory socket, Intel® Graphic Media Accelerator
4500 technology, Serial ATA II with RAID function for a powerful desktop system.
Intel
® LGA775 processor
The Intel® Core 2 Quad / Core 2 Duo / Celeron processor now comes with a new form
factor with 775-pin PLGA package, for 800/1066/1333MHz front-side-bus, 12MB L2 cache,
for 65nm and 45nm manufacturing technology, the PLGA processor without pin header on
solder side can make user installing the processor on the socket easier.
Intel
® Q45 and ICH10DO chipset
The Intel Q45 integrates DDR3 800/1066MHz for memory, and Graphic Media Accelerator
(GMA) 4500 technology for new graphic engine. It can provide up to 1024MB of frame
buffer when you install over 1GB of system memory. The ICH10DO integrates with up to 12
USB2.0 interfaces, and serial ATA II interface with RAID function.
PCI-Express interface
P4ELA integrates one x16 and one x4 PCI-Express interface, it can provide up to 8GB/s of
bandwidth.
Flexible Extension Interface
The board provides Two PCI-slot for graphics card, it also can support PCI-slot for LAN card
or other devices. The board also provides mini-PCI socket and ISA slot.
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1.2 <Product Specification>
General Specification
Form Factor Micro ATX motherboard
CPU Intel® Core 2 Quad / Core 2 Duo / Celeron processor
With LGA775 socket
Package type: LGA 775
Front side bus: 800/1066/1333MHZ (200/266/333MHz x 4)
Memory 2 x 240-pin DDR3 800/1066MHz SDRAM up to 4GB
Unbufferred, none-ECC memory supported only
Chipset Intel® Q45 (Northbridge) and ICH10DO (Southbridge)
BIOS Phoenix-Award v6.00PG 8Mb SPI flash BIOS
Green Function Power saving mode includes doze, standby and suspend modes.
ACPI version 1.0 and APM version 1.2 compliant
Watchdog Timer System reset programmable watchdog timer with 1 ~ 255 sec./min.
of timeout value
Real Time Clock Intel® ICH10DO built-in RTC with lithium battery
Serial ATAII Intel® ICH10DO integrates 6 Serial ATA II interface
RAID 0, 1,5,10 Intel Matrix Storage Technology supported
Multi-I/O Port
Chipset Intel® 82801JDO ( ICH10DO) with Winbond® W83627DHG
Controller
Serial Port Five RS-232 and one RS232/422/485 serial ports
USB Port Twelve Hi-Speed USB 2.0 ports with 480Mbps of transfer rate
Floppy Port One Floppy port
IrDA Port One IrDA compliant Infrared interface supports SIR
K/B & Mouse External PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports on rear I/O panel
GPIO One 12-pin Digital I/O connector with 8-bit programmable I/O
Interface
Smart Fan One CPU fan connectors for fan speed controllable
VGA Display Interface
Chipset Intel® Q45 GMA4500 (Graphic Memory Controller Hub)
Frame Buffer Up to 1024MB shared with system memory
Display Type CRT, LCD monitor with analog display
Connector External DB15 female connector on rear I/O panel
Ethernet Interface
Controller Two Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet controller
Type Triple speed 10/100/1000Base-T
Auto-switching Fast Ethernet
Full duplex, IEEE802.3U compliant
Connector Two External RJ45 connectors with LED on rear I/O panel
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Audio Interface
Chipset Intel® ICH10DO with Realtek ALC888HD Audio
Intel High Definition Audio compliance
Interface 2 channels sound output
Connector External 3 phone jack for 2 channel audio on rear I/O panel
External SPDIF connector on rear I/O panel
Internal 10-pin header for line-out, MIC-in, 4-pin header for CD-IN
Expansive Interface
PCI-Express One 16x PCI-Express slot (compatible with x1 slot)
(16x PCI-Express slot no supply 1x PCI-Express RAID Card)
One 4x PCI-Express slot (compatible with x 1 slot)
Up to 8GB/s of transfer bandwidth
Power supply: +3.3V, +12V
PCI Two-PCI slot (32-bit, 33MHz)
Power supply: +3.3V, +5V, +12V, -12V
Mini PCI One Mini-PCI socket TYPE III A (32-bit, 33MHz)
Power supply: +3.3V, +5V
ISA One ISA slots (without DMA supported)
Power and Environment
Power
Requirement
Dimension 244 (L) x 244 (H) mm
Temperature Operating within 0 ~ 60P
Standard ATX 24-pin (20-pin is compatible) power supply
Additional +12V 4-pin power connector
Storage within –20 ~ 85
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p
C (32 ~ 140P
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p
P
C (-4 ~ 185P
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Ordering Code
P4ELA Support Intel Core 2 Quad LGA775 with DDRIII, Onboard VGA,
Dual Intel Gigabit LAN, 12 x USB2.0, HD Audio, 6 x COM , GPIO,
SATA and ISA .
MP-6421 Mini PCI with one 44-pin Ultra DMA 33 IDE interface supports up to
2 ATAPI devices
1 x Compact Flash Type II and 2 x serial ATA interface
MP-323 Mini-PCI card support 3 x IEEE 1394 interface
MP-6100 Mini-PCI H.264 video capture card support 4-ch Video & Audio
inputs with SDK provide
PCIE-SDVOD PCI-Express module support 1 x DVI interface
PCIE-SDVOX PCI-Express module Support 18/24-bit , Dual channel LVDS
interface
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1.3 <Block Diagram>
PCIE 16x Slot
12 x USB2.0 ports
HD Audio
Intel Core 2 Quad / Core Due with 775 Pin PLGA
VGA
4 x 240-pin DDR3
Intel Q45
800/1066MHz up
to 8GB
6 x Serial ATAII ports
ICH10DO
Mini-PCI slot
Intel 82574L
2 x GLAN
2 x Serial ports
1 x Floppy port
8-bit GPIO
10
IrDA
SPI
BIOS
2 x PCI Slot
W83628 + W83629
PCI bus
ISA Slot
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1.4 <Mechanical Drawing >
Unit: inch
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Chapter 2 <Hardware Setup>
2.1 <Connector Location>
CN_COM4
CDIN
CN_IR
CN_AUDIO
CN_LPT
CN_COM5/6
CN_DIO
Mini-PCI
JFRNT
SYSFAN
USB 1/2/3/4 SATA 1/2/3/4/5/6
CN_12V
CPUFAN
CN_SMBUS
FDD ATX
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2.2 <Component Placement>
ISA
PCI
PCI-Expres
s
DIM
COM2+COM3
Audio
SPDIF
PS2
Mini-PCI
COM1 + CRT USB_RJ45_1/2
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2.3 <Jumper Reference>
Jumper Function
JRTC CMOS Operating/Clear Setting (Page 18)
JP1 COM1 signal mode switch (For Pin-1 & Pin-9) (Page 32)
JP2 COM2 signal mode switch (For Pin-1 & Pin-9) (Page 32)
JAT Power mode select
JCSEL1
JCSEL2
Jumper: JAT
CN_COM2 RS-232 RS422 RS485 Setting (Page 32)
CN_IR IrDA Setting (Page 32)
JAT
3
1
Type: Onboard 3-pin jumper
JAT Mode
1-2 AT Power mode
2-3 ATX Power mode
Default setting
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2.4 <Connector Reference>
2.4.1 <Internal Connectors>
Connector Function Remark
CPU LGA775 CPU socket
DDR3_A1/A2/B1/B2 240 –pin DDR2 SDRAM DIMM socket
FDD 34-pin slim type floppy connector
S_ATAII1/2/3/4/5/6 7-pin Serial ATA II connector
ATX 24-pin power supply connector
CN_12V 4-pin +12V additional power supply connector
CN_AUDIO 5 x 2-pin audio connector
CDIN 4-pin CD-ROM audio input connector
CN_DIO 6 x 2-pin digital I/O connector
CN_USB1/2/3/4 10-pin USB connector
CPUFAN 4-pin CPU cooler fan connector
SYSFAN 3-pin system cooler fan connector
NBFAN 3-pin Northbridge cooler fan connector
CN_IR 5-pin IrDA connector
CN_SMBUS 5-pin SMBUS connector
JFRNT 14-pin front panel switch/indicator connector
PCI1/2 120-Pin PCI socket
CN_COM3/4/5 5 x 2-pin com connector
2.4.2 <External Connectors>
Connector Function Remark
PS2 PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse connector
CRT+COM1 DB15 VGA + Serial port connector
USB_RJ45_1/2 Dual USB and one RJ45 LAN Port
COM 2/3 Serial port connector
AUDIO Audio connectors
SPDIF SPDIF digital audio output connector
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2.5 <CPU and Memory Setup>
2.5.1 <CPU installation>
P4ELA has a LGA775 CPU socket onboard; please check following steps to install the
processor properly.
Attention If P4ELA need RMA please Keep CPU socket cover on the CPU Socket.
Warning If CPU Socket internal Pin damage We could not provide warranty.
Intel® Quad Core 2 Quad / Core 2 Duo
Cleron processor
Package type: 775 pin PLGA
FSB:/800/1066/1333MHz
Manufacturing: 65nm / 45nm
Intel Hyper Threading Technology and
1. Lift this bar
Core 2 Duo Quad / Duo supported
Checked point
3. Place the CPU on the top of
ins
2. Uncover this plate
4. Lock this bar
Notice: Please place the CPU on the pins tenderlyto avoid bending the pins
the
3. Cover this plate
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2.5.2 <Memory installation>
P4ELA has four 240-pin DDR3 DIMM support up to 8GB of memory capacity. The memory
frequency supports 800/1066 MHz. Only Non-ECC memory is supported.
DDRIII A1/A2/B1/B2
144-pin
Please check the pin number to match the socket side well
before installing memory module.
96-pin
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2.6 <CMOS Setup>
The board’s data of CMOS can be setting in BIOS. If the board refuses to boot due to
inappropriate CMOS settings, here is how to proceed to clear (reset) the CMOS to its
default values.
Jumper: JRTC
Type: Onboard 3-pin jumper
JRTC Mode
1-2 Clear CMOS
2-3 Normal Operation
Default setting
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2.7 <Serial ATA installation>
P4ELA has six Serial ATA II interfaces with RAID function, the transfer rate of the Serial ATA
II can be up to 300MB/s. Please go to http://www.serialata.org/
technology information. Based on Intel® ICH10DO, it supports Intel® Matrix Storage
Technology with combination of RAID 0,1,5 and 10. The main features of RAID on
ICH10DO are listed below:
1. Supports for up to RAID volumes on a single, two-hard drive RAID array.
2. Supports for two, two-hard drive RAID arrays on any of six Serial ATA ports.
3. Supports for Serial ATA ATAPI devices.
4. Supports for RAID spares and automatic rebuild.
5. Supports on RAID arrays, including NCQ and native hot plug.
For more information please visit Intel’s official website.
For more about the system setup for Serial ATA, please check the chapter of SATA
configuration.
for more about Serial ATA
SATA1/2/3/4/5/6
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2.8 <Floppy Installation>
P4ELA has one 34-pin floppy interface.
FDD
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2.9 <LAN installation>
The board integrates with two Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet controllers, as the PCI Express
bus. The Intel 82574L supports triple speed of 10/100/1000Base-T, with IEEE802.3
compliance and Wake-On-LAN supported.
LAN1LAN2
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2.10 <Onboard Display Interface>
Based on Intel Q45 chipset with built-in graphics, the board provides one DB15 Connect or
on real external I/O port
2.10.1 <Analog Display>
Please connect your CRT or LCD monitor with DB15 male connector to the onboard DB15
female connector on rear I/O port
CRT
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2.11 <Audio Installation>
The board integrates onboard audio interface with REALTEK ALC888 codec, with Intel next
generation of audio standard as High Definition Audio, it offers more vivid sound and oth er
advantages than former HD audio compliance.
The main specifications of ALC888 are:
z High-performance DACs with 100dB S/N ratio
z 2 DAC channels support 16/20/24-bit PCM format for 2 audio solution
z 16/20/24-bit S/PDIF-OUT supports 44.1K/48K/96kHz sample rate
z Compatible with HD
z Meets Microsoft WHQL/WLP 2.0 audio requirements
The board provides 2 channels audio phone jacks on rear I/O port, Line-in/MIC-in ports for
front I/O panel through optional cable.
CN_AUDIO
9
10
CDIN
1
2
4
1
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Connector: CN_AUDIO
Type: 10-pin (2 x 5) header (pitch = 2.54mm)
Pin Description Pin Description
1 MIC_L 2 Ground
3 MIC_R 4 ACZ_DET
5 Speaker_R 6 MIC Detect
7 SENSE 8 N/C
9 Speaker_L 10 Speaker Detect
Connector: CDIN
Type: 4-pin header (pitch = 2.54mm)
Pin Description
1 CD – Left
2 Ground
3 Ground
4 CD – Right
LINE-IN
LINE-OUT
MIC-IN
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2.12 <GPIO and SMBUS interface>
The board provides a programmable 8-bit digital I/O interface, and a SMBUS (System
management bus) interface for control panel application.
Connector: CN_DIO
Type: onboard 2 x 6-pin header (pitch=2.0mm)
Pin Description Pin Description
1 Ground 2 Ground
3 GP10 4 GP14
5 GP11 6 GP15
7 GP12 8 GP16
9 GP13 10 GP17
11 VCC 12 +12V
CN_SMBUS
5 1
11
12
2
1
CN_DIO
Connector: CN_SMBUS
Type: 5-pin header for SMBUS Ports (pitch = 2.54mm)
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Pin Description
1 VCC
2 N/C
3 SMBDATA
4 SMBCLK
5 Ground
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2.13 <USB Installation>
P4ELA integrates eight USB2.0 ports. The specifications of USB2.0 are listed below:
Interface USB2.0
Controller Intel ICH10DO
Transfer Rate Up to 480Mb/s
Voltage 5V
The Intel® ICH10DO contains two Enhanced Host Controller Interface (EHCI) and five
Universal Host Controller Interfaces (UHCI), it can determine whether your connected
device is for USB1.1 or USB2.0, and change the transfer rate automatically.
USB
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Connector: CN_USB1/2/3/4
Type: 10-pin (5 x 2) header (pitch = 2.54mm)
Pin Description Pin Description
1 VCC 2 VCC
3 Data0- 4 Data15 Data0+ 6 Data1+
7 Ground 8 Ground
9 Ground 10 N/C
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10
CN_USB1/2/3/4
9
1
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2.14 <Power and Fan Installation>
The P4ELA provides a standard ATX power supply with 24-pin ATX connector and
additional 12V connector, and the board provides one 4-pin fan connectors supporting
smart fan for CPU cooler and one 3-pin cooler fan connectors for system and Northbridge
chip. The 4-pin CN_12V additional power connector is necessary for CPU powering; please
connect this well before you finishing the system setup.
SYSFAN
1
3
CN_12V
1 2
3 4
CPUFAN
1 4
1 23
2 24
ATX
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Connector: ATX
Type: 24-pin ATX power connector
PIN assignment
1 3.3V 13 3.3V
2 3.3V 14 -12V
3 GND 15 GND
4 5V 16 PS_ON
5 GND 17 GND
6 5V 18 GND
7 GND 19 GND
8 PW_OK 20 -5V
9 5V_SB 21 5V
10 12V 22 5V
11 12V 23 5V
12 3.3V 24 GND
Connector: CN_12V
Type: 4-pin standard Pentium 4 additional +12V power connector
Pin Description Pin Description
1 Ground 2 Ground
3 +12V 4 +12V
Connector: CPUFAN
Type: 4-pin fan wafer connector
Pin Description Pin Description
1 Ground 2 +12V
3 Fan Speed Detection 4 Fan Control
Connector: SYSFAN
Type: 3-pin fan wafer connector
Pin Description Pin Description Pin Description
1 Ground 2 +12V 3 Sense
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2.15 <Serial Port>
The board supports Three RS232 serial port and one jumper selectable RS232/422/485
serial ports. The jumper JCSEL1 & JCSEL2 can let you configure the communicating
modes for COM2.
Connector: COM2
Type: 9-pin D-sub male connector on bracket for COM2
Pin Description Pin Description
1 DCD/422TX-/485- 2 RXD/422TX+/485+
3 TXD/422RX+ 4 DTR/422RX5 GND 6 DSR
7 RTS 8 CTS
9 RI 10 N/C
COM1 COM2
COM3
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Setting RS-232 & RS-422 & RS-485 for COM2C
JP1
2 6
JCSEL1
2 8
1 7
JCSEL2
1 11
2 12
1 5
JP2
2 6
1 5
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Function JCSEL1 JCSEL2
SIR
RS-422
RS-485
RS-232
Default setting : JCSEL1: (1-2) JCSEL2: (1-3, 2-4, 7-9, 8-10)
Jumper: JP1/JP2 (COM1/2)
Type: onboard 6-pin header
2 8
1 7
2 8
1 7
2 8
1 7
2 8
1 7
2 12
1 11
2 12
1 11
2 12
1 11
2 12
1 11
Power Mode JP1/JP2
Pin 1 with 5V Power 1-3,4-6
Pin 9 with 12V Power 2-4,3-5
Default setting: 3-5, 4-6
2 6
1 5
2 6
1 5
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2.16 <Switch and Indicator>
The JFRNT provides front control panel of the board, such as power button, reset and
beeper, etc. Please check well before you connecting the cables on the chassis.
Connector: JFRNT
Type: onboard 14-pin (2 x 7) 2.54-pitch header
Function Signal PIN Signal Function
SATA LED
Reset
Power
Button
HDLED+ 1 2 PWDLED+
Power
HDLED- 3 4 N/C
LED
Reset+ 5 6 PWDLED-
Reset- 7 8 SPKIN+
N/C 9 10 N/C
Speaker
PWRBT+ 11 12 N/C
PWRBT- 13 14 SPKIN-
JFRNT
14
2
13
1
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Chapter 3 <System Configuration>
3.1 <SATA configuration>
SA TA Mode:
This option can let you select whether the Serial ATA hard drives would work under normal
IDE mode or RAID mode. The RAID mode need more than one HDD is applied.
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3.2 <SATA RAID Configuration>
The board integrates Intel® ICH10DO with RAID function for Serial ATA II drives, and
supports the configurations below:
RAID 0 (Stripping): Two hard drives operating as one drive for optimized data R/W
performance. It needs two unused drives to build this operation.
RAID 1 (Mirroring): Copies the data from first drive to second drive for data security, and if
one drive fails, the system would access the applications to the workable drive. It needs two
unused drives or one used and one unused driv e to build this operation. The second drive
must be the same or lager size than first one.
RAID 5 (striping with parity)
A RAID 5 array contains three or more hard drives where the data is divided into
manageable blocks called strips. Parity is a mathematical method for recreating data that
was lost from a single drive, which increases fault-tolerance. The data and parity are striped
across all the hard drives in the array. The parity is striped in a rotating sequence to reduce
bottlenecks associated with the parity calculations.
RAID 10 (RAID 0+1)
A RAID 10 array uses four hard drives to create a combination of RAID levels 0 and 1. The
data is striped across a two-drive array forming the RAID 0 component. Each of the drives
in the RAID 0 array is then mirrored by a RAID 1 component.
Intel Matrix Storage Technology: This technology would allow you to use RAID 0+1 mode
on only two drives (4 drives needed on traditional RAID 0+1). It will create two partitions on
each hard drive to simulate RAID 0 and RAID 1. It also can let you modify the partition size
without re-formatted.
For more information of Intel Matrix Storage Technology, please visit Intel’s website.
If you need to install an operation system on the RAID set, please use the driver disk
attached in the package when it informs you to obtain the RAID drivers.
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Please press <CTRL+I> to enter the RAID configuration menu.
You can setup the RAID under operation system for Microsoft® Windows XP SP1 or
Windows 2000 SP4 version, please install the Intel® Application Accelerator Ver.4.5 later to
support RAID configuration with Intel® Matrix Storage Technology.
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1. After installing Intel Application Accelerator, please execute Intel® Storage Utility.
Demo configuration for 2 SATA Drives and
set as Intel Matrix Storage Technology set
2. Select Actions to Create RAID Volume
Rename the Volume name
Select RAID Level as 0
Left as default
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3. Please select two hard drives to prepare to set the RAID volume
4. Specify the Volume size
Tune this bar to specify
the volume size, if you
specify the volume size
lower than maximum,
you can create a second
volume for another
RAID set.
(Make RAID 0+1 on only
two hard drives)
5. Repeat the step 1 to create second volume as RAID Level 1.
For other configuration set please click Help on tool bar.
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3.3 <Audio Configuration>
The board integrates Intel® ICH10DO with REALTEK® ALC888 codec. It can support
2-channel sound under system configuration. Please follow the steps below to setup your
sound system.
1. Install REALTEK HD Audio driver.
2. Lunch the control panel and Sound Effect Manager.
3. Select Speaker Configuration
4. Select the sound mode to meet your speaker system.
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3.4 <Video Memory Setup>
Based on Intel® Q45 chipset with GMA (Graphic Media Accelerator) 4500, the board
supports Intel® DVMT (Dynamic Video Memory Technology) 3.0, which would allow the
video memory be triggered up to 384MB.
To support DVMT, you need to install the Intel GMA4500 Driver with supported OS.
BIOS Setup:
On-Chip Frame Buffer Size:
This item can let you select video memory which been allocated for legacy VGA and SVGA
graphics support and compatibility. The available option is 32MB and 128MB.
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Total GFX Memory Size:
This item can let you select a static amount of page-locked graphics memory; which will be
allocated during driver initialization. Once you select the memory amount, it will be no
longer available for system memory.
DVMT Memory Size:
This item can let you select a maximum size of dynamic amount usage of video memory,
the system would configure the video memory depends on your appl ication, this item is
strongly recommend to be selected as MAX DVMT.
Fixed + DVMT Memory Size:
You can select the fixed amount and the DVMT amount at the same time for a guarantee d
video memory and additional dynamic video memory
Notice:
1. The On-Chip Frame Buffer Size would be included in the Total GFX Memory Size.
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3.5 <Display Properties Setting>
Based on Intel Q45 GMCH with GMA4500 (Graphic Media Accelerator), the board supports
two DACs for display device as different resolution and color bit.
Please install the Intel Graphic Driver before you starting setup display devices.
1. Click right button on the desktop to lunch display properties
2. Click Advanced button for more specificity setup.
3. This setup options can let you define each device settings.
Click Graphics Properties... for
advanced setup
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Click Monitor to setup the CRT
monitor for Colors, Resolution
and Refresh Rate
Click Intel® Dual Display
Clone to setup the dual
display mode as same screen
Set the main display device here
Click Extended Desktop to
setup the dual display mode
as different screen display
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Chapter 4 <BIOS Setup>
The motherboard uses the Award BIOS for the system configuration. The Award
BIOS in the single board computer is a customized version of the industrial standard
BIOS for IBM PC AT-compatible computers. It supports Intel x86 and compatible CPU
architecture based processors and computers. The BIOS provides critical low-level
support for the system central processing, memory and I/O sub-systems.
The BIOS setup program of the single board computer let the customers modify the
basic configuration setting. The settings are stored in a dedicated battery-backed
memory, NVRAM, retains the information when the power is turned off. If the battery
runs out of the power, then the settings of BIOS will come back to the default setting.
The BIOS section of the manual is subject to change without notice and is provided here
for reference purpose only. The settings and configurations of the BIOS are current at
the time of print, and therefore they may not be exactly the same as that displayed on
your screen.
To activate CMOS Setup program, press ＜DEL＞ key i mmediately after you turn on
the system. The following message “Press DEL to enter SETUP” should appear in the
lower left hand corner of your screen. When you enter the CMOS Setup Utility, the Main
Menu will be displayed as Figure 4-1. You can use arrow keys to select your function,
press ＜Enter＞ key to accept the selection and enter the sub-menu.
Figure 4-1 CMOS Setup Utility Main Screen
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Appendix A <I/O Port Pin Assignment>
A.1 <Serial ATA Port>
Connector: SATA_1/2/3/4/5/6
Type: 7-pin wafer connector
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
GND RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXN1 GND RSATA_RXN1 RSATA_RXP1 GND
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A.2<Floppy Port>
Connector: FDD
Type: 34-pin connector
Pin Description Pin Description
1 Ground 2 DRIVE DENSITY SELECT 0
3 Ground 4 N/C
5 Ground 6 N/C
7 Ground 8 INDEX9 Ground 10 MOTOR ENABLE A11 Ground 12 N/C
13 Ground 14 DRIVER SELECT A15 Ground 16 N/C
17 Ground 18 DIRECTION19 Ground 20 STEP21 Ground 22 WRITE DATA23 Ground 24 WRITE GATE25 Ground 26 TRACK 027 Ground 28 WRITE PROTECT29 Ground 30 READ DATA31 Ground 32 HEAD SELECT33 Ground 34 DISK CHANGE-
34
1
2
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A.3 <IrDA Port>
Connector: CN_IR
Type: 5-pin header for SIR Ports
Pin Description
1 VCC
2 N/C
3 IRRX
4 Ground
5 IRTX
1
5
A.4 <Serial Port>
Connector: COM1/2/3
Type: 9-pin D-sub male connector on bracket
Pin Description Pin Description
1 DCD 6 DSR
2 SIN 7 RTS
3 SO 8 CTS
4 DTR 9 RI
5 Ground
Connector: COM4/5/6
Type: 9-pin header connector for COM4
Pin Description Pin Description
1 DCD 6 DSR
2 SIN 7 RTS
3 SO 8 CTS
4 DTR 9 RI
5 Ground
1
2
3
4
5
9 1
10 2
6
7
8
9
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A.5 <VGA Port>
Connector: CRT
Type: 15-pin D-sub female connector on bracket
Pin Description Pin Description Pin Description
1 RED 6 Ground 11 N/C
2 GREEN 7 Ground 12 DDC_DA
3 BLUE 8 Ground 13 HSYNC
4 N/C 9 +5V 14 VSYNC
5 Ground 10 Ground 15 DDC_CLK
1
2
3
4
5
A.6 <LAN Port>
Connector: RJ451/2
Type: RJ45 connector with LED on bracket
Pin 1 2 3 4 5
Description TRD0+ TRD0- TRD1+ TRD2+ TRD2-
Pin 6 7 8 9 10
10
6
11
12
13
14
15
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Appedix B <System Resources>
B.1 <I/O Port Address Map>
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B.2 <Memory Address Map>
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B.3 <System IRQ Resources>
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Appedix C <Flash BIOS>
C.1 <BIOS Auto Flash Tool>
The board is based on Award BIOS and can be updated easily by the BIOS auto flash
tool. You can download the tool online at the address below:
TUhttp://www.award.comUT
TUhttp://www.commell.com.tw/support/support.htmUT
File name of the tool is “awdflash.exe”, it’s the utility that can write the data into the BIOS
flash ship and update the BIOS.
C.2 <Flash Method>
1. Please make a bootable floppy disk.
2. Get the last .bin files you want to update and copy it into the disk.
3. Copy awardflash.exe to the disk.
4. Power on the system and flash the BIOS. (Example: C:/ awardflash XXX.bin)
5. Re-star the system.
Any question about the BIOS re-flash please contact your distributors or visit the
web-site at below:
http://www.commell.com.tw/support/support.htm
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Appendix D <Programming GPIO’s>
The GPIO’can be programmed with the MSDOS debug program using simple
IN/OUT commands.The following lines show an example how to do this.
GPIO0…..GPIO7 bit0……bit7
-o 2E 87 ;enter configuration
-o 2E 87
-o 2E 07
-o 2F 09 ;enale GPIO function
-o 2E 30
-o 2F 02 ;enable GPIO configuration
-o 2E F0
-o 2F xx ;set GPIO as input/output; set ‘1’ for input,’0’for output
-o 2E F1
-o 2F xx ;if set GPIO’s as output,in this register its value can be set
Optional :
-o 2E F2
-o 2F xx ; Data inversion register ; ‘1’ inverts the current valus of the bits ,’0’
leaves them as they are
-o 2E 30
-o 2F 01 ; active GPIO’s
For further information ,please refer to Winbond W83627DHG datasheet.
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Appendix E <Watch Dog timer Setting >
The watchdog timer makes the system auto-reset while it stops to work for a period. The
integrated watchdog timer can be setup as system reset mode by program.
Timeout Value Range
- 1 to 255
- Second or Minute
Program Sample
Watchdog timer setup as system reset with 5 second of timeout
2E, 87
2E, 87
2E, 07
2F, 08 Logical Device 8
2E, 30 Activate
2F, 01
2E, F5 Set as Second*
2F, 00
2E, F6 Set as 5
2F, 05
* Minute: bit 3 = 0; Second: bit 3 = 1
You can select Timer setting in the BIOS, after setting the time options, the system will
reset according to the period of your selection.
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our best to support you for your products, projects and business.
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